Carl Thompson Custom Piccolo Bass 1976 Mahogany

This one-of-a-kind , 34" scale, 29 fret, piccolo bass was built for Bob Babbitt, most famous for his work at Motown, by Carl Thompson, in Brooklyn in 1976.
Bob had been working with Stanley Clarke at the time, who had high praise for the Carl Thompson piccolo bass he was using on his upcoming album, School Days.  Bob decided he needed one.
Carl was telling me last week, he still remembers the day Bob came into his shop, just after he relocated from Manhattan to Brooklyn, to order a bass.  "Bob was a big guy," he said, "and I had to re-cut the body on this bass to fit comfortably against Bob's thigh.  I used the new 'Bob' cut, on all my basses after that."